On Monday, Carolyn and I were hiking the front side of Badger Mountain and encountered another couple hiking. The man and woman were going up the hill as we were coming down. When I passed him, he said something that I didn't completely hear, but he was acting as though he knew me. I didn't recognize him AT ALL. No clue. He continued to look at me like he knew me. Before I could say much, Carolyn started saying hi to him like she knew who he was. I decided to just listen until I figured out who this guy was. After he spoke for a minute, I remembered him as an REI employee we see occasionally.The guy's name was David and the woman's name was Tereese. They were climbing badger in preparation for a trip in a couple weeks to climb Mt Adams. They were hiking the Badger Mountain trail from front side to the top, down the back side, then turn around to go back up the back side and down the front side. Carolyn and I are both impressed by their path along Badger and their future hike up Mt Adams.
The front side trail up Badger is 1.2 miles long. It is another 2.2 miles down the back side trail. We ran a little short on water at the end, but we did it! Carolyn is amazing. I know she must have been tired and hot, but she just kept on chugging along. I'm always impressed
by her endurance.
by her endurance.Here are some interesting stats from our hike:
- 1.2 miles ascending 800 feet up the front side trail
- 2.2 miles descending 661 feet down the back side trail
- Round trip: 6.8 miles
- 2 hours 41 minutes walking
- 19 minutes resting
- 1557 feet at highest point
Of course, I had my GPS with me the whole way so I could collect of this info. I downloaded the path information the GPS keeps track of the figured out how to plot it on Google Earth and Google Maps. Check those out! If you don't have Google Earth yet, its free to download and a great tool. Make sure and tilt your view angle so you can see the topography of Badger Mountain!
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